Best OVERALL 3-wood

[outrider2288]

as of now i have the Taylormade R5 three wood and have really been noticing that i am not hitting it quite the distance that i need, lately i have been hitting my 19* hybrid as far as my 15* 3-wood
so, my question is, what is the best overall 3-wood?
-Best out of the rough
-Best off the deck (fairway)
-Best distance
**forgiveness is also somewhat important to me because i know that certain titleist 3-woods have enormous distance but are damn hard to hit off the deck...
thanks for the help

[rycur12]

I love the Cleveland Hi-Bore 3 wood. It has awesome distance of the tee and is very easy to get airborne of the deck. I was not expecting to get this going into GolfGalaxy but after trying the various Titleist models and Taylormade models, this was the easiest to hit in all situations.

[shaggy023]

Adams Insight XTD. Feedback on these fairway woods has been nothing but positive.

[DJYoshi]

as of now i have the Taylormade R5 three wood and have really been noticing that i am not hitting it quite the distance that i need, lately i have been hitting my 19* hybrid as far as my 15* 3-wood

even though I use a Burner 3 wood (my gf's parents got it for me for my b-day last year), I've been dying to pick up a Tour Edge Exotics XCD 3 wood.... the CB2 was amazing..I used my friend's CB2 last year and was cracking 250 like it was nothing....truly and awesome club.

[MrSandman]

What do you guys think about the Nike fairway woods.

Right now I don't carry a 3 wood, I just hit the driver off the deck when I'm 220+. But I'm thinking about adding one to the bag.

[Doctorfro]

Callaway X HOT. Versatile. Back-up driver. Easy to hit off the deck. Forgiving.

[Caddyshack]

Ive got an old Callaway warbird 3+ steelhead, i take it in and out of my bag depending on the course i play... it may be old but man it is long and easy to hit

[Left Is Right]

I love the taylormade burner very easy to hit off the deck, I get like 235-240 from the fairway(I only drive 260)

From the tee its like the same, easy to hit

rough, depends on the lie but usually i wont hit a 3 wood out of the rough

[GOLFSALOT00]

ping 10 forgiving and LONG

[mrobbie]

Ive got an old Callaway warbird 3+ steelhead, i take it in and out of my bag depending on the course i play... it may be old but man it is long and easy to hit

I keep hunting for one of these on ebay - my Warbird 5 wood is immense, so to get a 3 or 3+ would be ideal!

[Leonardite]

I went through this decision last year (replacing 3 Wood). I tried out quite a few three woods, and I'll break down what I thought about the ones I remember most.

Callaway XHot - Incredibly long, ten yards further than others, but incredibly hard to hit off the deck if you ask me. Great from the tee, hard off the turf if it isn't a "fluffed" lie.

Cobra Speed 3 - Straight and fairly long, but again basically a backup driver, not good from the turf.

Nike Sasquatch 3W - Nasty duck hook with this club. If I remember right 7 or 8 out of 10 were nasty, nasty duck hooks. Could have had a draw bias or wrong shaft for me or something, but not good results.

Titleist 904f2 - *Winner for me* Great off the tee, nice boring ball flight for into the wind. Easy to get off the turf (I'm a 10 hcp so it shouldn't too bad for you either). Easy to work (unlike the clubs with offset).

That's my breakdown, hopefully it helps, if not you, hopefully somebody, but I would just go to a store and grab a half dozen 3w's and start cracking balls and see what you like. That's the best way to do it.

[lamebums]

Probably partial in my answer here, but the 906F2 is second to none. The Burner 3 wood was too big for me to hit off the deck and the Nike (all Nikes, for me, for some reason) was about 30 yards shorter than a normal 3 wood.

It's not the most forgiving club out there, but I'd sooner give up my little toe than my 3 wood.

[TheFush]

Nothing can beat a classic -

Callaway Steel Head +...awesome clubs

[localgolfer808]

i have to say that i just purchased the callaway war bird. it is awesome.

[TCCcaddie]

Tour Edge Exotics XCD, or any other previous exotics models...amazing clubs.

[follyforhire]

I'll be a homer as well. The Mizuno F-60 is fantastic. Great from the tee and off the deck. I don't really use it in a lot of rough (the rough where I usually play isn't thick grass so much as it is unmowed, patchy natural grasses and weeds), but it can handle odd lies and is heavy enough to go get a ball.

I love the smaller-ish head on it and the smooth, all black crown (no alignment mark). But it is quite forgiving for a small/mid-sized fairway wood. Several months ago we had a thread on the F-60, and several commenters noted that it is very similar to the 906F2 but much more forgiving. I've only hit the 906 in a shop and can't really offer an informed opinion on that, except to say that the comparison sounds about right.

Good luck.

[dysull]

Tour Edge Exotics XCD - I also vote for that one, recently hit a bunch of 3-woods and this by far was my favorite, great weight, great feel, and could get it up in the air to land soft. However, they are very $$$.

[DJYoshi]

Tour Edge Exotics XCD - I also vote for that one, recently hit a bunch of 3-woods and this by far was my favorite, great weight, great feel, and could get it up in the air to land soft. However, they are very $$$.

I just hit it yesterday...i was a HUGE fan of the CB2...this one feels even better... too bad it costs more than most drivers on the market!